Cap tile



Nov. 24, 1931. L, y, LON 1,833,442

CAP-TILE Filed April 5, 1929 INVENTOR Lid/V V. 01. ON

ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE LEON V.SOLON, OF TREN T'ON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERTSON AIRT TILE (70.,OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CAP TILE Applicationfiled April 5, 1929. Serial No. 352,679.

The present invention relates to wall tile and has for an object toprovide an improved cap tile for use as a finish between a tile facingbelow and the plaster above in bath room Walls and the like. Theinvention provides a cap tile designed to avoid the presence of a dustcollecting shelf or ledge adjoining the plaster and to provide anarrangement which facilitates cleaning of the tile wall without soilingthe plaster above.

The nature and objects of the invention will be better understood from adescription of a particular embodiment for the purposes of whichdescription reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forminga part hereof and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tileembodying the invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the tile showing its relative positionin use.

The tile shown as illustrating the preferred embodiment of the inventionis so formed that its front face comprises relatively off-set parallelsurfaces 5 and 6, the upper of which is designed to lie in the plane ofthe face of the plaster of the finished wall and the lower of which isdesigned to lie in the plane of the face of the tile.

The lower portion of the tile may overlie the cement 8 of the wallconstruction to which the tiles 1O adhere, the upper portion beingpositioned as the arrangement of the wall may require. The shoulder 11between the relatively off-set upper and lower surfaces is shown asextending at an angle to avoid a dust collecting shelf. Along the upperedge of the face of the tile a slight bead may be provided and ifdesired this bead may be of a darker color in order not to show dust,but this is not essential and whether it is provided or not will dependupon the decorative effect desired. This tile reduces the likelihood ofsoiling the wall above the tile cap when cleaning as compared withthebullnose tile finish or the projecting molding cap now in general use,in that it eliminates the sharp curve back to the plaster face. By thealignment of the tile face with the face of the wall and by theprovision of the bevelled face 11 which affords a guide for the hand ofthe cleaner, effe:tive cleaning of the tile is much facilitated.

The foregoing description is illustrative merely and is not intended asdefining the limits of the invention.

I claim: 1

1. A cap tile of the character described the front face of whichpresents upper and lower substantially vertical parallel finishedsurfaces adapted to be exposed when in use and off-set relative to eachother and an inclined substantially plane connecting surface,substantially as described.

2. A wall comprising lower tile facing and an upper plaster facing withan intermediate row of cap tiles, each cap tile having a lower surfacein the plane of the face of the lower tile facing and an upper surfacesubstantially in the plane of the face of the plaster said lower andupper surfaces being connected by an intermediate inclined substantiallyplane surface, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification thisfourteenth day of arch 1929.

' LEON V. SOLON.

